As third-party companies are introduced into the banking ecosystem, they add a new layer of complexity and potential opportunity for fraud, because they detach the bank from direct interaction with the end user. The new applications and services that are developed expand the fraud potential exponentially, and can...
Financial organizations need to more accurately assess risk in the open banking environment. It's not enough to just get any generic analytics engine that can incorporate data from different interaction channels. A bank's fraud team must be able to identify cybercrime risk, payment risk and customer behavior, in...
Our increased dependence on machines is so profound that even the definition of machine is undergoing radical change. The number and type of physical devices on enterprise networks has been rising rapidly, but this is outstripped by the number of applications and services they host.
At the same time, cloud adoption...
Identity and Access Management (IAM) programs are becoming increasingly essential to securing critical systems and data; last year, companies spent $7 billion on IAM, most on protecting user credentials, but almost nothing protecting keys and certificates, the credentials that identify and authorize machine-to-machine...
A recently published 2017 survey of over 400 security professionals in the U.S., U.K. and Germany measured how well their organizations implemented security controls for SSH keys. The results show that most organizations are underprepared to protect against SSH-based attacks, with fewer than half following industry...
Take control of your SSH keys to minimize your risk of intrusion
SSH keys provide the highest level of access rights and privileges for servers, applications and virtual instances. Cyber criminals want this trusted status and invest considerable resources into acquiring and using SSH keys in their attacks.
Even...
Learn how to adopt DMARC for email security to meet DHS' binding operational directive (BOD) 18-01. Get information on Federal Government DMARC best practices to set up a "monitoring" policy in 90 days and move to "reject" in under a year.
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The history and foundation of what...
Are you ready for Binding Operational Directive 18-01? On October 16, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued this directive mandating all federal email domains to implement DMARC to strengthen email security.
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How federal agencies are vulnerable to phishing and email...
During the past year alone, we've witnessed a number of devastating cyber attacks, from the massive Equifax breach to the seemingly never-ending Yahoo! breach.
The 2nd annual Inside the Mind of a Hacker report was created to shed light on the makeup of the bug hunting community and gain insight and understanding into...
It's the age of open banking, and that means changes for banking institutions and their customers - as well as for fraudsters. Just as open banking era makes business easier for customers, it also enables new opportunities for cybercriminals.
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What open...
Banks worldwide must consider the business and technical strategies necessary to remain relevant in the age of open banking. With new innovations and regulations entering the market at a rapid pace, the banks that can deliver both security and a seamless user experience are the ones that will thrive.
In this...
The dark web has become a very effective resource for purchasing sinister educational materials. How-to guides are for sale on major dark web markets such as Hansa and AlphaBay and offer step-by-step instructions for drug trafficking, hacking, social engineering and many other cyber crimes.
Fraud guides, a subset...
This monthly Security Agenda will highlight some of the most recent additions to our course library. September's edition features Ed Amoroso on the evolution of the role of a CISO. Other influencers like Hearst CISO David Hahn, First U.S. CISO, Gen. Gregory Touhill, Retired and Jennings Aske, CISO of New...
Card issuers can view the merchants with whom a cardholder does business, the frequency of a cardholder's purchases, and the devices and IP addresses associated with that specific card. While this allows them to understand and assess certain patterns of behavior for individual cardholders, it restricts analysis to the...
When cardholder transaction and device data are disconnected, the potential for card issuers to more accurately detect and flag instances of fraud remains untapped. And as the connectivity of information in the real world continues to increase, so will related risks from fraudsters if issuers continue to rely solely...
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